Confused about Sub keys.

[Faramir]

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Chris De Young escribió:
>> it must be defined at the moment of creating the key. And that is the
>> reason to use "key pairs", because a singe key can't do both functions.
> 
> "Key pair" in most contexts actually refers to the set of
> public key + private key, not to key + subkey(s) -- at least that seems
> to be the common usage from what I've seen.
> 
> Cheers,
> -C

  To think I actually had a matter named "security of information", and
I learned about the meaning of "key pair", just to forget it 6 months
latter... I feel ashamed...
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